I had the opportunity to return to the Barton Creek Greenbelt, and
this time the mission was to do the section I’d missed when I took the turn
which brought me to the Violet Crown Trail.
Now that I knew what to look for, it was much easier. I also bypassed the trail by walking along
the actual riverbed. That was interesting
to note that not too long ago this was flowing water which had some depth to
it. That was reinforced as I came up to
what had once been a swimming hole, as evident by the rope swings still on the
trees.
Some of the riverbed was rocky, and some was smooth, so the
difficulty of the terrain varied. I
imagined what it was like for the native people, pioneers, and those in various
fantasy stories I’d read going over terrain like this, and how it would affect
your movement in combat or a chase.
Those of you who know me pretty well should not be surprised that my
brain went there.
After doing the section I’d missed before, I then followed the
riverbed “downstream” for a bit (towards Zilker). My journey today didn’t take me very close to
that city park. I did find a nice set to
stones someone had stacked on the riverbed, which I thought was nice, and
offered to take a picture for a group of youths who were piling themselves on
top of a rock. There were also some side
trails I explored in the area, but I didn’t see anything which I really thought
was “picture worthy.”
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